Suspected trigger man in Trelawny murder now in custody

Deputy Commissioner of Police in charge of crime, Fitz Bailey, has indicated that the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) has arrested the main suspect in yesterday’s murder of Andrea Lowe-Garwood.

DCP Bailey has also revealed that the motive for the murder is a result of a family dispute.

Lowe-Garwood was among those worshipping at the Agape Christian Fellowship Church in Falmouth when a man entered the building, and sat in a bench behind her.

During the praise and worship segment, the man reportedly pulled a handgun and fired multiple shots hitting Lowe-Garwood to her upper body, before running from the building and escaping in a white Toyota Allion motor car. Lowe-Garwood was rushed to the Falmouth hospital where she was pronounced dead.

Three men were taken into custody just hours after Lowe-Garwood's murder. One of the suspects is the victim's stepson.

Meanwhile, Police Commissioner Antony Anderson, cited three recent cases where murders were committed in pursuit of victims' properties. He is urging potential perpetrators that they will be caught.

"My warning is that we don't do this," Anderson said.

The police commissioner said the JCF has implemented strategies to quickly respond to incidents where criminals leave one parish to go to another to commit contract killings.

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